Episode Report Card M. Giant: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT You Down with EMP?
By M. Giant | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 03.06.2005
It's 6:32:04 as Young MFer leads Kiefer and Grayadder to ImhoTerror's desk. It may or may not be significant that Young MFer is smoothly referring to ImhoTerror by his real name instead of his alias, which he supposedly just learned is an alias within the last half hour. Make of that what you will. Young MFer gets Grayadder logged in to ImhoTerror's work computer while Kiefer takes note of the security cameras overhead. Hey, where were those cameras while ImhoTerror was launching his TerrorYahoo!Group, or whatever? They're working now, in any case, as Mr. MacGuffin and Old MFer are now watching real-time video of grouchy Kiefer from Mr. MacGuffin's office. Young MFer leaves Grayadder to it. Back in his office, Mr. MacGuffin frets that Grayadder "knows his way around our system." Old MFer, sitting at Mr. MacGuffin's computer, assures the "boss" that Grayadder won't find anything.
At ImhoTerror's desk, Grayadder's first discovery is that "ImhoTerror purged a lot of files." Kiefer asks when, and when Grayadder says the system isn't saying, Kiefer says that means they could have been deleted today. "ImhoTerror wasn't here today," Grayadder obviouses. "He was at Rocklyn with the MacGuffin." And before that he was hanging out in some smoky restaurant back room, but never mind. Kiefer taps a few keys and brings up a new window for Grayadder, who is supposed to be the expert here. He promises to see what he can find. Kiefer peers up at the cameras some more.
On his way back up to Mr. MacGuffin's office, Young MFer calls Old MFer to say he "had to open up a socket." Old MFer says, "As long as I can see where he's looking and stay ahead of him, I should be able to delete the incriminating files." Mr. MacGuffin wants to know what happens if that doesn't work. Old MFer calmly says they'll "set off an EMP." Must be nice to have one of those lying around. Mr. MacGuffin freaks that that'll "destroy every piece of hardware in the building. It'll cripple us electronically." I like how the show is giving its audience credit for pretty much already knowing what an EMP is. Old MFer fixes the boss with a glare. "That's the point," he says. Eyes on the road, there, buddy. It's 6:34:14.
Thanks to the new Star Wars movie, I just watched a commercial for a commercial.
6:38:39. The lights of Downtown Los Angeles struggle heroically against the Stygian blackness of twenty minutes after sunset, Grayadder is still at work, and Driscoll is basically not any more. Specifically, she's handing the DrisCube over to Soul Patch. "If any of my personal stuff gets in your way, just have someone box it and put it into storage." Wow, how long is she planning to be gone? I suppose at this point, any absence of more than twelve and a half hours might as well be permanent for our purposes. She picks up a picture of DrisKid holding a kitten and stands there looking sad for about ten minutes while Soul Patch watches uncomfortably. Aw, poor Driscoll. I bet she really misses that kitten. She sticks the picture in her purse and tells Soul Patch to ask Curtis for anything he needs, and to feel free to call her at home if necessary. Soul Patch thanks her and watches her leave the former DrisCube. Doesn't walk her out, though. I guess he's got W-4 forms to fill out. ["My kingdom for a split-screen right here of Agent Castle at Tony's house, retrieving the Cubs mug." -- Sars]